Professor Stephen P. Fletcher

Research

Our research interests are in the areas of catalysis and stereochemistry, and we have expertise in synthetic and physical organic chemistry. We aim to discover new catalytic asymmetric reactions to rapidly access complex molecules from simple starting materials. We are also working to uncover how the most basic functions of living systems can be observed in purely synthetic systems by learning how to generate far-from-equilibrium self-replicators and mimicking engineering strategies seen in biology.